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BOOK
Title Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / Barry Meier
Imprint New York : Random House, [2018]

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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 3 Samhällsvetenskap  362.29 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Edition Second edition
Descript xii, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index
Prologue: Book of the Dead -- Pill hill -- The war against pain -- Secrets of Dendur -- A pot of gold -- Senior night -- Hot spots -- Kiddie dope -- Purple peelers -- The body count -- A reckoning -- Empire of deceit -- Epilogue: The war against pain revisited
"Between 1999 and 2017, an estimated 250,000 Americans died from overdoses involving prescription painkillers, a plague ignited by the aggressive marketing of OxyContin by its maker, Purdue Pharma. Purdue, owned by a wealthy and secretive family--the Sacklers--knew early on that teenagers and others were abusing its billion dollar "wonder" drug. But Justice Department officials balked a decade ago when it came to meting out justice, allowing an opioid crisis to evolve into a catastrophe. Originally published in 2003 and hailed since as groundbreaking, Meier--in this thoroughly updated edition--reveals new and shocking information about how long the drug maker knew about OxyContin's abuse, even as it marketed it aggressively, and the way government officials passed up opportunities to protect hundreds of thousands of lives. Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story, and business expos,̌ Pain Killer is the origin story of the opioid crisis, a hard-hitting look at how a supposed wonder drug became the gateway drug to a national tragedy"--Provided by publisher
Subject Oxycodone -- United States
Medication abuse -- United States
Oxycodone abuse -- United States
Opioid-Related Disorders -- epidemiology
Socioeconomic Factors
Oxycodone -- history
Opioid-Related Disorders -- history
Drug Overdose -- epidemiology
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Medication abuse.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse.
Opioid-Related Disorders - History
Läkemedelsmissbruk
United States
Förenta staterna
USA
Classmark 362.29/9
ISBN/ISSN 9780525511106 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0525511105
9780525511090 (ebook)
40028659406
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